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Financial inclusion : concepts, issues and policies for India
Singh, Nirvikar - 2017
payments and financial literacy, as well as markets for health insurance, crop insurance, agricultural credit, small firm …
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Risk diversification by European financial conglomerates
Slijkerman, Jan Frederik; Schoenmaker, Dirk; Vries, … - 2005
We study the dependence between the downside risk of European banks and insurers. Since the downside risk of banks and insurers differs, an interesting question from a supervisory point of view is the risk reduction that derives from diversification within large banks and financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346454
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Banking and insurance
Haubrich, Joseph G.; King, Robert G. - 1984
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001471173
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Beyond the S-curve : insurance penetration, institutional quality and financial market development
Giné, Xavier; Ribeiro, Bernardo; Wrede, Peter - 2019
insurance markets. Based on 20 years of insurance premium data from 180 countries, and a similar wealth of data on institutions … and financial market development, the paper presents important correlates of insurance market development. Although the … analysis cannot identify which factors directly cause insurance market growth, the results suggest that interventions aimed at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059017
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Systemic risk for financial institutions of major petroleum-based economies : the role of oil
Khalifa, Ahmed; Caporin, Massimiliano; Costola, Michele; … - 2017 - This version: November 5, 2017
This paper examines the relationship between oil price movements and systemic risk of many financial institutions in major petroleum-based economies. We estimate ΔCoVaR for those institutions and thereby observe the presence of elevated increases in the levels corresponding to the subprime and...
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Does financial literacy improve financial inclusion? : cross country evidence
Grohmann, Antonia; Klühs, Theres; Menkhoff, Lukas - 2018
While financial inclusion is typically addressed by improving the financial infrastructure, we show that a higher degree of financial literacy also has a clear beneficial effect. We study this effect at the cross-country level, which allows us to consider institutional variation. Regarding...
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Financial inclusion and financial literacy in Kazakhstan
Kapparov, Kassymkhan - 2018
This paper examines the current situation concerning financial inclusion and financial literacy in Kazakhstan and future prospects. Since 2000, the financial sector has been developing rapidly, driven by petrodollars, which has led to higher financial inclusion. However, the improvement in...
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The design of financial systems : towards a synthesis of function and structure
Merton, Robert C.; Bodie, Zvi - 2004
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Financial inclusion in the Middle East and North Africa : analysis and roadmap recommendations
Pearce, Douglas - 2011
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